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Peaceful protesting is a constitutional right. Storming the US Capitol isn’t.


I never said it was. And I'm not condoning what happened in the slightest (even if I do agree that the government no longer represents the people). But destroying and looting small businesses is not a constitutional right either, but that behavior wasn't denounced en mass like the behavior at the Capitol; rather, the former was encouraged by politicians, the media, celebrities, and even the public. It's a double standard. We should hold all people to the same standard regardless of their political affiliation. I personally think it's a bad precedent to ban POTUS, but alas.




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